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GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Re: GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Post by mattmaroon »

Yeah, bullshit. You know what’ll really many people just pick up their device? Whatever second-rate voice to text GM licenses from god knows who. Or all the things GM’s software can’t do because iOS won’t let them.

I wouldn’t buy a GM car anyway since they’re consistently low quality (they’re the Detroit Lions of auto making) so I won’t act like they just lost my business, but I especially wouldn’t buy one after they inevitably bungle the software.

My Stellantis car nearly never has some sort of Car Play bug. Third party Car Play apps can be extremely buggy but this won’t solve that problem except to just have no ability to use such apps without again picking up my phone.

Look GM, if you insist on owning the in car experience, fine. You’ll lose a ton of sales but that’s your call. Just don’t act like you’re helping us when we all know it’s not about that.

Re: GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Post by upon_drumhead »

NewJazz wrote: post #7
alsodumb wrote: post #3

Wait, so they're saying CarPlay and Android Auto are buggy on their cars, most likely because of their errors in getting the mirroring part right, so instead of fixing the issues, they think switching to their in-house system that they will design from scratch, that'll probably have hundreds of bugs, that's most likely gonna suck, is a better option? They could've just said we're out of excuses we just want to make m…

Maybe they can go find rastermon and revive Tizen lol.

My Samsung fridge is running Tizen! It's awful!

Re: GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Post by system7rocks »

I like Apple CarPlay. I like that it simplifies things and I don't have to login with my Google account. But, the head unit I have is super laggy, because it is just a dumb android tablet. Imagine an iPad with an M1 processor. Gosh it would rock.

Re: GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Post by Kurd »

ungamedplayer wrote: post #4

Call it what it is.. they like the control of their in car entertainment systems and they don't want external companies taking that part of the pie. It's okay gm, we understand. Let's hope you are able to make a compelling competition to this, otherwise your sales will suffer. Traditional car software is very very poor for whatever reason. I don't think that car manufacturers have the mindset and capability to make e…

Calling it car software is very generous. More like abandonware.

Re: GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Post by mgarfias »

you know whats unsafe? Getting rid of physical buttons and putting everything on a touch screen with no tactile feedback and constantly changing the position of things - looking at you tesla.

All things considered though: im not likely to buy any new car. I'd rather buy an old and busted early 70s boat, and stuff in modern running gear.

Re: GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Post by threatofrain »

ungamedplayer wrote: post #4

Call it what it is.. they like the control of their in car entertainment systems and they don't want external companies taking that part of the pie. It's okay gm, we understand. Let's hope you are able to make a compelling competition to this, otherwise your sales will suffer. Traditional car software is very very poor for whatever reason. I don't think that car manufacturers have the mindset and capability to make e…

Unfortunately consumers don't really punish companies for doing these kinds of things, at least I presume that's the story since high-end cars often have very shitty in-car computer experiences, like BMW or Porsche.

Re: GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

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Post by dreamcompiler »

ungamedplayer wrote: post #4

Call it what it is.. they like the control of their in car entertainment systems and they don't want external companies taking that part of the pie. It's okay gm, we understand. Let's hope you are able to make a compelling competition to this, otherwise your sales will suffer. Traditional car software is very very poor for whatever reason. I don't think that car manufacturers have the mindset and capability to make e…

I expect they don't want to pay what great software engineers cost, and even if they did, most such engineers probably wouldn't want to put up with GM's bureaucracy.

It's probably kinda the same story with great mechanical and industrial engineers, which is why approximately nobody finds GM cars exciting.

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